Men try to carjack police gang detective

Police said two men tried to carjack a San Diego gang detective who was in an unmarked car Tuesday night.

The detective was on duty and was stopped in his car at 48th Street and Polk Avenue in the Colina del Sol neighborhood about 9:30 p.m. when the men approached the car. One of them reached for his waistband and told the detective, “This is a carjacking,” police Officer Dino Delimitros said.

The detective identified himself and drew his service weapon, and the men ran. The detective ran after them but lost them nearby.